“A betrayer of secrets forfeits all trust and will
never find the kind of friend he wants. Be fond of a friend and keep faith with
him, but if you have betrayed his secrets, do not go after him anymore; for, as
one destroys a person by killing him, so you have killed your neighbor’s
friendship, and as you let a bird slip through your fingers, so you have let
your friend go and will not catch him. Do not got after him – he is far away,
he has fled like gazelle from the snare. For a wound can be bandaged and abuse
forgiven, but for the betrayer of a secret there is no hope” (Sirach27:16-21)
Here the friendship/secrets we are being told about are
one that helps us to develop as well as maintain consistent path with the righteousness
of GOD, nothing more or less.
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